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Brad Elphinstone
Tinkerer
JZZ30 Soarer

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Tuesday, July 26, 2005 - 04:22 pm, by:  Brad Elphinstone Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Ta Don. Sounds easy.
Ben Socratous
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TT

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Tuesday, July 26, 2005 - 04:42 pm, by:  Ben Socratous Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Damn, my poor baby looks like it's been dipped in bitumen compared to those two pics, my bad?!? Seeing as there isn't much left in my engine bay at the moment, I think I shall steam clean it. My mates mum has a steam cleaner, she's had it for nearly 3 years and never taken it outta the box, so the trick will be conning her into letting me break it in...
Mike Triggs
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3.0GT

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Wednesday, July 27, 2005 - 10:44 am, by:  Mike Triggs Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Alloy cleaner is only good for a short while. The alloy "corrodes" and gets a layer of aluminium oxide on it (which, unlike rust, is protective) so in a short time, exposure to oxygen replaces the oxide layer. The fix is to spray the cleaned alloy parts with clear (heat-proof, presumably) lacquer.

Both our pearl Soarers had a lot of pollution on them which came off everywhere except under the bonnet. It seems to get baked on there, and in the case of the '95 model, mechanics in Japan had sprayed some clear stuff around to keep the engine shiny, which also sealed the black stuff in. I never managed to get it off with anything available here. It's still there.
Gary Morriss
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2.5 TT

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Wednesday, July 27, 2005 - 07:19 pm, by:  Gary Morriss Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Brake disk cleaner (in a spray can) works pretty good, be surprised how much crap comes off!
Morgan Cross
TryHard
Soarer TT

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Saturday, July 30, 2005 - 05:37 pm, by:  Morgan Cross Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Gazza, is just spraying the brake cleaner on enough, or do I need some sandpaper or a scrubbing brush to assist?

Cheers.
Gary Morriss
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2.5 TT

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Saturday, August 06, 2005 - 03:08 pm, by:  Gary Morriss Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Morgan - all i do is spray a small amount on ,then rub with cloth,you could use an old toothbrush if you wanted.
it wont get them shiny but they come up nice and clean.
Morgan Cross
TryHard
Soarer TT

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Sunday, August 07, 2005 - 12:03 am, by:  Morgan Cross Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Thanks Gazza, I bought some, gave it a good clean with a rag/scrubbing brush. It came up great.

The brake cleaner worked a lot better than the normal engine degreaser... MY GOD THOUGH! How strong is it, I was high as funk... hahahahahaha.
Gary Morriss
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2.5 TT

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Sunday, August 07, 2005 - 12:49 am, by:  Gary Morriss Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

hahahaha - glad it worked for you mate.
cheers
Ryan Rankovic
TryHard
Victoria
Soarer TT GT-TL

Posts: 290
Reg: 07-2005

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Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - 08:06 pm, by:  Ryan Rankovic (Ryan1j) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

sorry to dig up an old thread, but I got bored and wanted to do something with the car...

motor looked like this 2 days ago
http://img420.imageshack.us/img420/408/img0325rdit0mv.jpg

motor looked like this yesterday
http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/3797/dsc00310800x6007pf.jpg

this is what it looks like now

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still a loooong way to go

so far Ive used 240 grit sandpaper.... still need to work on the turbo outlet pipes and that pipe from the radiator hose, and the side of the plenum.
Then to use 400 wet, 800 wet and 1200 wet sandpaper.

Ill also be taking the coil pack cover off, stripping the paint and sanding that back aswell.

Are there any tools I could use while the pipes are still in the car? Would a dremel be good? My hands feel like theyre on fire and my shoulder is killing me
Don Bagnall
Moderator
New Zealand
1991 UZZ30 GT4.0 V8

Posts: 2012
Reg: 05-2005

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Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - 08:23 pm, by:  Don Bagnall (Baggs) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Very nice Ryan, it's getting there
Brian Laws
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Queensland
JZZ30 GT-T

Posts: 61
Reg: 11-2005

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Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - 09:48 pm, by:  Brian Laws (Asian_warrior01) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

i use heavy duty degresser and a high pressure water blaster (i have the engine running) make sure i have somewhere or nowhere to go for a hour drive this will dry out any water in the engine bay i then go over it with the a cloth to rub out any water marks
Chris Davey
TryHard
QLD
Corona

Posts: 234
Reg: 07-2005

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Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - 01:13 pm, by:  Chris Davey (Chris_davey) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Looks good Ryan.

If you are sanding now, you should get a drill piece that is circular and has about 15 small bits of sand paper on it. I used one to sand back my inlet plenum and then I fitted the polishing wheel to the drill and polished inlet plenum as well.

Mine looks like this now. (but it was pretty hard to get to little places) Much easier to pull it off but will do that next time I have to pull the engine out. You can see the difference between the plenum and the TRC throttle body that I haven't polished :-)

http://pic2.picturetrail.com/VOL1006/3462116/7513250/122112479.jpg
Ryan Rankovic
TryHard
Victoria
Soarer TT GT-TL

Posts: 293
Reg: 07-2005

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Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - 01:23 pm, by:  Ryan Rankovic (Ryan1j) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Very nice shine Chris.... did you use the one grade of sandpaper?
Chris Davey
TryHard
QLD
Corona

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Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - 01:30 pm, by:  Chris Davey (Chris_davey) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

yeah, just used some pretty hard stuff (can't remember what it is now) you can get the drill bits in different grades though. I just made it pretty smooth and then used the polisher. A lot easier than doing it by hand!
Justin Cook
TryHard
QLD
JZZ30 TT

Posts: 157
Reg: 07-2005

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Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - 08:58 pm, by:  Justin Cook (Justin) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

F'cuk me, look at the size of that spinner.

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